2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying round: 19 September – 28 October 2018 Elite round: 10–30 March 2019
Teams	46 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	108
Goals scored	407 (3.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nikita Tromp (12 goals)
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The 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Bulgaria in the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament.^[1]

Apart from Bulgaria, 46 of the remaining 54 UEFA member national teams entered the qualifying competition.^[2] Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to participate. Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match.^[3] Moreover, each match has a regular duration of 90 minutes, instead of 80 minutes in previous seasons.

Format[edit]

The qualifying competition consists of two rounds:^[4]

• Qualifying round: Apart from Germany and Spain, which receive byes to the elite round as the teams with the highest seeding coefficient, the remaining 44 teams are drawn into 11 groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The 11 group winners, the 11 runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best record against the first and second-placed teams in their group advance to the elite round.
• Elite round: The 28 teams are drawn into seven groups of four teams. Each group is played in single round-robin format at one of the teams selected as hosts after the draw. The seven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

The schedule of each group is as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 20.04):^[4]

Group schedule

Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 3 v 2
Matchday 2	1 v 3, 2 v 4
Matchday 3	2 v 1, 4 v 3

Tiebreakers[edit]

In the qualifying round and elite round, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):^[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
8. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
9. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
10. Drawing of lots.

To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 15.01):^[4]

1. Points;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals scored;
4. Disciplinary points;
5. UEFA coefficient for the qualifying round draw;
6. Drawing of lots.

Qualifying round[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 24 November 2017, 09:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[5][6][7]

The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking, calculated based on the following (a four-year window was used instead of the previous three-year window):^[8]

• 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)
• 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship final tournament and qualifying competition (qualifying round and elite round)

Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine would not be drawn in the same group.^[2]

Final tournament hosts Team Coeff Rank  Bulgaria 4.000 —

Bye to elite round Team Coeff Rank  Germany 31.667 1  Spain 30.944 2

Teams entering qualifying round

Pot A Team Coeff Rank  England 22.667 3  Norway 21.500 4  France 18.944 5  Italy 16.833 6  Republic of Ireland 15.722 7   Switzerland 15.278 8  Netherlands 14.889 9  Austria 14.111 10  Czech Republic 13.222 11  Scotland 12.444 12  Belgium 12.167 13

Pot B Team Coeff Rank  Denmark 12.000 14  Sweden 11.667 15  Iceland 11.167 16  Finland 10.500 17  Poland 10.167 18  Hungary 9.667 19  Russia 9.667 20  Serbia 9.667 21  Greece 8.500 22  Portugal 8.333 23  Belarus 7.000 24

Pot C Team Coeff Rank  Slovenia 6.333 25  Northern Ireland 5.833 26  Turkey 5.500 27  Wales 5.167 28  Romania 4.833 29  Slovakia 4.667 30  Ukraine 3.833 31  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.667 32  Croatia 3.333 33  Azerbaijan 3.000 34  Latvia 1.333 35

Pot D Team Coeff Rank  Macedonia 1.333 36  Faroe Islands 1.000 37  Montenegro 1.000 38  Israel 1.000 39  Estonia 0.333 40  Kazakhstan 0.333 41  Lithuania 0.333 42  Moldova 0.333 43  Georgia 0.000 44  Andorra 0.000 45  Albania — 46

Notes

• Teams marked in bold have qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

Armenia	Cyprus	Gibraltar	Kosovo
Liechtenstein	Luxembourg	Malta	San Marino

Groups[edit]

The qualifying round must be played between 1 August and 28 October 2018.^[8][7]

Times up to 27 October 2018 are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	Elite round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	3	16	−13	0

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Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Elite round
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Croatia (H)	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Elite round
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Montenegro (H)	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Group 4[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Elite round
2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
3	Slovakia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Group 5[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Elite round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Azerbaijan	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1
4	Moldova (H)	3	0	1	2	1	13	−12	1

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Group 6[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Elite round
2	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	15	3	+12	6
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Andorra	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

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Group 7[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Elite round
2	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	14	1	+13	4
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Albania	3	0	0	3	0	24	−24	0

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Group 8[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3[a]
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3[a]
4	Estonia (H)	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8	3[a]

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Group 9[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9	Elite round
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

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Group 10[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Elite round
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
4	Macedonia (H)	3	0	0	3	1	18	−17	0

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Group 11[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	1	0	26	1	+25	7	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	1	2	0	13	2	+11	5
3	Georgia	3	1	1	1	3	17	−14	4
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

To determine the four best third-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the elite round, only the results of the third-placed teams against the first and second-placed teams in their group are taken into account.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	4	Slovakia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	Elite round
2	9	Northern Ireland	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
3	7	Wales	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	1
4	11	Georgia	2	0	1	1	1	17	−16	1
5	8	Belarus	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0
6	6	Turkey	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
7	2	Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0[a]
8	3	Romania	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0[a]
9	1	Ukraine	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
10	10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
11	5	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Elite round[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the elite round was held on 23 November 2018, 11:40 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[9][10][11]

The teams were seeded according to their results in the qualifying round.^[12] Germany and Spain, which received byes to the elite round, were automatically seeded into Pot A. Each group contained one team from Pot A, one team from Pot B, one team from Pot C, and one team from Pot D. Winners and runners-up from the same qualifying round group could not be drawn in the same group, but the best third-placed teams could be drawn in the same group as winners or runners-up from the same qualifying round group.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	—	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pot A
2	—	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	10	France	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9
4	5	England	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
5	1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	14